Freshman with control issues. expect lots of old buildings (not the aesthetic kind) and digital notes (not pretty too, realistic ones)
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01.12.2020
01.12.2020
How is everyone? Do you have any upcoming test? If yes, I hope you all ace them!
Can't believe it's December. In no time it will be 2021 and I'm excited. Mainly because I have already bought 2021 planner (Ack!).
On another note, I'm going to have my college applications announcement this month. Gosh, I'm scared. Please wish me luck.
Take care everyone
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HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Damn time flies. This is crazy. 2020 is crazy.
I hope you are well and having a good time. Do you feel excited about the year changing? Or do you just feel... nothing? All seems the same to me. Anyway, what are your 2021 goal(s)???
I just finished reading The Folk Of Air triology by Holly Black. Ohh how much I miss it. Jurdan is my new baby. Though I must admit that ACOTAR is better. (Feysand all the way)
Side note: I am excited about my 2021 bujo set up. This is the first time I use dotted journal. Ofc my lazyass procrastinate and I haven't finished the set up. Wew
small things we should appreciate more
the chirping of birds in the early morning
the way the sun shines through the trees
nature after it just rained
constantly learning new things every day
libraries, bookshops, bakeries and coffeeshops
My Lady, how does one go about learning a new language? I'm here trying to expand my ligustic territory.
go by your strong suit:
audiobooks and youtube, perfect if you learn sonically. like a challenge? try spanish, it’s thrice as fast as most other languages. spaniards really emphasize the spoken word rather than the written one, they pack in all that information. listening is great fun though and if you learn this way, it’ll be worthwhile. if you go one step beyond, portuguese. super important to listen closely there. as a bonus, it’s way slower.
if you learn by reading, french is the way to go. spoken french swallows half the word so you need to start by knowing the spelling first anyway. also, written french is simply extremely satisfying. german is also important to read to know where we separate words. it’s similar to dutch. listening to dutch is harder than reading it.
if you love to write, pick up russian. it really takes some time until you rewire your brain for cyrillic, a lot of ‘false friend’ letters, that’s why it’s so important to write. but once you get into it, wow you progress faster and faster. another favorite for avid writers, hindi.
haptic learning: you use post-its on items in your room(s). i recommend thai since the letters are essentially beautiful swirly ornaments, it’s a pretty af alphabet. also, written arabic will do you a favor, it’s like you’re painting. you’ll see how much of a kinesthetic-friendly language it is.
visual learners do well with written chinese. most characters are calligraphic depictions of items and people. they understand the principle the fastest while other people struggle big time. your eye goes: i see herbs peeking through soil (艹) garden/field (田) tail (犭)... that’s a cat (猫)! and you picture a tail looking out of a catnip plant in your garden. learn japanese along the way, it incorporates kanji characters, same idea.
verbal learners and extroverts head straight to arabic. yep. arab speakers are the most flattered when you pick up their language and do conversation. pronunciation is key as they have a completely different phonology for e.g. q, h, th, g, gh sounds. another pick for verbal learners, again, portuguese. or any norse language.
if you’re good at maths and logic in general, latin is your friend. the grammar is almost never arbitrary like say german where we do the strangest things with verbs. similarly, written chinese is very regular.
if you pick up languages through music, korean is a no-brainer. it’s all so goddamn catchy. whenever i learn korean vocabulary, i can reference bits and pieces to k-pop right away. the songs also teach you the bit of word contraction that native speakers add. tumblr is full of blogs posting vocabulary lists for every new release of your favorite, it’s glorious.
BONUS - if you learn through memes and rolling on the floor... get into slavic languages, you won’t regret it.
